washington's archbishop now on his way to rome to help select a new pope. first, breaking news right now where police are investigating two suspicious deaths. they found a man and a woman dead in the home of the 7200 block of bunker hill road. we have a news crew on the way with the latest information tonight on wusa9 at 11:00. at this hour washington's archbishop was on their way to rome to begin the process of electing a new pope to replace pope benedict xvi. we caught up with the cardinal at dulles international airport

before boarding his flight. he is among some 11 u.s. cardinals in the coming week to do a new vote on the pope. as surae chinn reports, he held sunday mass in northeast before leaving. >> you're going to need all the things we can get because this is a very important responsibility. >> parishioners and others sent prayers for the cardinal as he embarks on a world to elect a new pope. >> what has become the theme. >> reporter: he spent his last sunday mass before heading to rome honoring pope benedict xvi. >> and home to get the job done. and be open to the holy spirit. >> we are just here to give thanks to pope benedict xvi. >> reporter: the pope will step down on thursday as reasons for his retirement. some speculate the sex abuse scandal had something to do with it. >> i think that the new pope will be guided to just continue and to move us forward. >> reporter: he will be one of 117 who are eligible to participate in the conclave to

find pope benedict xvi's successor. and he is asking everyone for prayers. >> i can't imagine how i will ever have to do anything as important as this. >> do you think that it will be a long process? >> we'll leave all that in the hands of god. >> reporter: what he knows for sure, he'll be listening. >> once you're inside, you're suppose to be quiet because the idea is you're suppose to be listening to the holy spirit. >> reporter: he believes that the next pope will have to be younger and at the same time have the experience to be the chief. >> to be able to speak directly to people all over the glove. >> reporter: and they will enter them next month. and the next time we see the cardinal on u.s. soil will have a new pope leading the $1.2 billion catholics. i'm surae chinn for wusa9. the pope elevated world cardinal back in 2010. but admits that it is not likely that any of the u.s. cardinals will be in the

running for that position. in four days pope benedict xvi becomes the first pope in some 600 years to step down. and today giving his final sunday address before tens of thousands in st. peters square. the pope told them that he will continue to serve and love the church by praying and meditating after he leaves. he also thanked the faithful for their support during his time. >> and to give them a run of many expressions to fix those. and to have it in the 60s as they will need to continue the event maybe keep all eyes on them. and who they have used on the amount of the continuation. >> the pope will give his last mass on wednesday. on thursday he'll meet with cardinals before flying off to the summer retreat south of rome. back here two men who

worked together at a special education school are dead tonight. after what police say is an apparent murder-suicide. it all happened in tacoma park, maryland, just before 2:00 this morning when police would receive reports of gunshots fired near the 7300 block of flower avenue. officers arrived on the scene to find the two men lying in the driveway of the condominium. both have been shot to death. >> i woke up at 6:30 this morning and saw police tape everywhere. and so of course they started to look out the window to realize what was going on. and that my house was taped off. then i remembered my dog barking as i really did not pay attention like i should have. >> it's unsettling because i think that we are so aware of how much gun violence that there is. and none of us are safe. >> police said that they were friends and co-workers at the education school in the

district of columbia. they have not released a motive in this case. the long-time d.c. councilman is only to become the second legislature in the district to be reprimanded. he told them a short time ago that he would no longer fight the reprimand that was sparked by the findings. they offered to trade his vote on the lottery contracts in exchange for the company dropping their bid to develop a property owned by metro. >> i did not recall this. three other people did not recall it. three additional people do recall it. and whether it is recalled or not at this point doesn't make a difference in a sense that there is no law broken, no crime committed, no financial interest. >> he is also losing his chairmanship, up for re- election next year. he said that he is not ready to

save as he will be seeking re- election. more on the councilman and the accomplishments and the controversies tonight on wusa9.com. and with less than a week away now, they will be hit hard unless they come up with a new plan. that warning from the white house again. some $85 billion that will be cut from military and domestic programs. the mandatory cuts are reducing spending by $1 trillion over the next decade. governors from both maryland and virginia were on face the nation this morning to discuss how the cuts will be impacting this area. >> they stand to wipe out a lot of hard-fought games. so whatever the difference might be, we understand that this will be an economic threat. you have to cut. don't put them on defense, why

we are still fighting a war in afghanistan as it is not the right way for them to balance the cuts. >> we are told that the first cuts are likely to be felt around march 7 when they will be reduced by more than 9%. and to doctors who came here from those patients will also be affected. now by april 6, they were held way off on the furloughs and to be in the work force that could kick on in, followed by the furloughs for some air traffic controllers and food inspectors. coming up on wusa9.com this sunday evening, we've got the latest numbers on the gas prices. and there are no surprises. you've been out there. it probably costs more to fill up. danica patrick was looking to make history at the daytona 500. at daytona international speedway. her story is coming up. and i'm meteorologist topper shutt. a nice day, a little windy. we'll show you the numbers. high and low of 54. the low was 41. but the winds itself felt

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danica patrick made the race at daytona 500 today, but no win the race. the checker flag went to a familiar champion. >> jimmie johnson took the

checker flag at the 55th running of the daytona 500. but all eyes were on danica patrick in car number 10. she briefly took the lead about halfway through. the first woman to lead for a full lap at nascar's biggest race. she stayed near the front of the pack, but eventually fell back. as she prepared to take the wheel, patrick must lay on her focus. during the week she had the fastest qualifying time. at the starting line, patrick got a nod from actor frank. >> drivers and danica, start your engine! >> reporter: it's been a dramatic week at the track. 33 fans were injured on saturday during the final lap of the other race. >> a car flew into the fence, sending tire and debris into stands. 14 fans were taken to the hospital. two remain there with serious, but stable injuries. workers repaired the fence in time for today's race. as for patrick despite their loss, they are at an all-time

high. and that will be including godaddy.com and their polish maker. after cross today's finish line, the new focus is on the starting line for the race next week in phoenix. many new nascar fans will be watching. adrianna diaz, abc news. the average price of gasoline has jumped up $0.20 over the past two weeks. the average is $3.80. and premium is $4.9. billings, montana has the nation's lowest average price at $3.23 there. l.a. the highest, $4.29. the deadly shooting early this morning in college park, maryland may be gang related according to employment prince george's county police say that the 20-year-old of hill crest heights maryland was fatally shot after attending a party at a hotel on baltimore avenue. police say a fight between two groups broke out in the parking lot of the hotel. and he was shot during the confrontation.

detectives are still looking for the shooter tonight. straight ahead on wusa9, bundle up tonight. we may have better weather tomorrow according to topper shutt who is up next with the full

first of all it really is not. we're sitting here with this man in town. >> i've got to ask you the big question. are we going to get the big snow at some point in time? >> i've been looking for three months, bruce. i don't think so. we'll see the snowflakes probably early march. but the big snow? no, i don't think so. let's start with a live look outside. the live michael weather cam. again, average is 49. we've got a break here. it is 42 right now with the dew points in the lower 40s. that'll allow the temperatures to fall as the winds are still northwest at 24, gusting up to 30 earlier today. satellite picture radar combined with the next storm. one will be pulled out of the

foothills of colorado and the texas panhandle, consolidating into the lower and middle mississippi river valley. that will spell a big snow again for them to go to snow. as far as we are concerned, we are fine tonight and tomorrow and they will also impact our area on tuesday. don't put that umbrella too far away. temperatures are chilly now. nothing cay i.38 in fairfax. 40 in old town and 39 in bowie. winds will diminish and it will be cold as we are tracking that storm for tuesday. most of the precipitation in the metro area at least past the morning rush hour on tuesday. coming home will be a different story for them and that the winter storm watches have been there on monday night and tuesday. and for us tonight winds will diminish. winds will calm down becoming

northwest at 10. so most folks will hit 32 or below. 30 in rockville, 29 in fairfax tonight for the low. 32 in springfield and 30 for the low in college park. less wind that will be feeling pretty nice. high temperature 29 to about 60. the weather alert is green tomorrow. yellow alerts on tuesday. wet and windy with the temperatures in the upper 40s. 55 for us with some areas hitting 60. the next seven days. after wednesday temperatures do go down. thursday we're back in the upper 40s. rain or snow showers. friday we're in the mid-40s with some flurries. saturday we're back in the lower 40s and sunday we're back struggling to get to 40. march is not going to come in like a lamb or a lion. >> no. okay, you're welcome for that big build up, i guess. >> i want some snow. >> yes.

all right. but did they stay on the track today? >> one big crash, but everybody is okay. that's the good news for them there in daytona and the first 190 or so laps that i could do without and those last ten are pretty exciting today. let's go racing boys. and girls. >> danica in the hunt to make history and they almost did with the marlins playing here for them and jordan zimmerman. and some women's basketball, good news, brendan did not get tossed today. bad news, maybe he should have. he was not pleasant to

daytona, a race junkie, marched television. and it will be chaos in the stands and in some cases the missile hazard to fans. thankfully everybody was okay. and let's set it up yesterday

during the nationwide event. and for the checker flag and all textbooks. that's carl larson. they have been upgraded to stable working conditions. on the fence today to get it racing for racing. putting their own personal touches on things. >> drivers and danica! start your engine! >> drivers and danica. >> i don't know if they came off right. >> yes. >> i don't know. but it was a historic day. first woman on the poll. she lead five laps. here is racing today, you can see jimmie johnson there. down to the wire we go, eight laps to go. once they go green, jimmie johnson getting the jump. watch danica up top as she was third, but got caught up and pushed back. so it is jimmie johnson winning the great american race for the

third time. as for patrick, again, historic day finishing 8th. here's what she had to say. >> at the end of the day it was, you know, a solid day for the go daddy car and the go daddy crew as they did a nice job in the pits. we stayed basically in the top ten all day long. can't really complain about that. >> all right, she raced pretty well today, gang, did a pretty good job. a reminder to all, don't get crazy about spring training baseball. they had a little rocky road yesterday. i'm not talking about the ice cream, but he had a rough road. two innings, two runs. but pitchers often work on things during spring training. now in particular with things, telling reporters that he pitched just fine as he will be fine. all right today, the game, taken out by rain. that's why you'll see the final in a tie. jordan zimmerman getting some work in three innings, two hits, one run. anthony with a big bomb. but maybe there is a reason that the nats only scored two runs. take a look at this here. giving up a few guys the day

off. ryan zimmerman and jason werth took off to go to the daytona 500. they knew how to get ready for the season as i know that he is right. and that will be a route for maryland. it just gets under your skin. and it will be on what they will be getting ejected for the first time in their career. . >> all right. now, at least today she was at home. i like the white suit though. it looked like she was taking them to school. and a career high of 16. and they had 3 out of 18 for them as they dubbed it this one finally. but i will tell you that they were strong today, four players in double figure as they dominated on the glass here as well as they needed to win 75- 59. >> i can't thank our fans

enough. i mean, you know, all ten of the attendance record is special for us. and in terms of the support that we have. but a tough night for us, you know, credit, duke, i thought they came in here, you know, all ready to play. i thought they shot the ball extremely well. >> classy here. there will be better days for her. they are just rolling along very quietly. playing good basketball. he's a local kid that went right there for them. and the freshman right there from downtown and virginia is rolling by 28 over georgia tech. they are now 9-5 in the acc. and finally a big match play. no tiger no rory, so were people really watching? i'm sure that they were not with a big hat on and it was cold, i guess in arizona. and it snowed there earlier this week, right topper? >> yes, only-today. >> yeah. maybe that's why he had the

mittens on. >> all right, thank you for watching. we'll see you back here at 11:00. bye.